Cary (Newton) Coke (1680 - 1707)

Born 9 Jun 1680 in Westminster, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Coke — married about 3 Jun 1696 in Westminster, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1707 at age 27 in Holkham, Norfolk, England

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Carey Newton (d. 04 Aug 1707).^[1][2]

Biography

Cary Newton was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Birth and Family

Cary Newton was born on 09 Jun 1680, in Pall Mall, Westminster, England. She was the daughter of Sir John Newton, 3rd Bt., and Abigail Heveningham.

Marriage

Sir Michael Newton's sister, Carey Newton, married Edward Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, England, on 03 Jun 1696. He was the only son of Robert Coke (1650-1679) and Lady Anne Osborne, daughter of Thomas Osborne, successively first Earl of Danby, Marquis of Carmarthen, and Duke of Leeds .

Children

1. The eldest son of Edward and Carey Newton Coke was Thomas Coke (1697-1758), who was about ten-years-old when his father died. He became a ward, one of his guardians being his maternal grandfather, Thomas, Duke of Leeds (d. 1712). Thomas Coke became Baron Lovel of Minster Lovel, Viscount Coke of Holkham, and Earl of Leicester [1st Coke creation]. It is probably Thomas Coke who owned the stallion referred to in Sir Michael Newton's stud book as "Lord Lovils Arabian".

2. The second son of Edward and Carey Newton Coke was Edward Coke (1701-1733), eternally famous as the early owner of the stallion later known as the Godolphin Arabian.

3. Robert Coke, second husband of Lady Jane Holt, daughter of Thomas, Marquess of Wharton, and herself de jure Baroness Wharton;

4. Carey Coke, who married Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, 6th Baronet; and

5. Anne Coke, who married Philip Roberts. Their son Wenman Roberts, assumed the surname of Coke; and his son Thomas William Coke, became the first Earl of Leicester [2nd Coke creation] in 1837. By then, Thomas William Coke was reputed to be the largest land-owner in England.^[3]

Death and Burial

Cary (Newton) Coke passed away on 04 Aug 1707, in Holkham, Norfolk, England.

Sources

1. ↑ name=lundy>Lundy, 2015,[1] citing Mosley, 2003.[2]
2. ↑ see also: b. 09 Jun 1650 Pall Mall - d. 04 Aug 1707, age 25; m. 04 Jun 1696.[3]
3. ↑ bloodlines.net.[4]

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• "Sir Isaac Newton's ancestors and circumstances," (1882). The Athenaeum, pp. 252. J. Francis. Google Books.[8]
• Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica 1874 https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagenea01unse/page/170/mode/2up